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CYPHER Features
Here is an overview of the features included in CYPHER when it is used by corporations, training companies, and other professional or non-profit organizations.
If you are an individual or entrepreneur please also take a look at CYPHER for entrepreneurs.
User experience
| Graphical dashboards | ||
| Beautiful, modern, easy-to-use interface | ||
| Fully responsive design works on all devices | ||
| Drag and drop dashboard widgets | ||
| Native mobile apps for iOS and Android | ||
| Offline mode for native apps | ||
| Graphical profile pages | ||
| Public profiles | ||
| Avatars and profile pictures | ||
| Accessibility features | ||
| Support for 50+ languages | ||
| Animated activity indicators and widgets | ||
| Dark mode | ||
| Home dashboard welcome widget | ||
| Support for zero-widget layouts | ||
| Customizable profile background |
Courses
| Self-paced courses | ||
| Instructor-led and blended courses | ||
| Third party content via the course catalog (Go1 and Udemy) | ||
| Drag and drop course dashboard widgets | ||
| Course dashboard welcome widget | ||
| Course dashboard | ||
| Splash pages | ||
| Course templates | ||
| Course content synchronization | ||
| Table of contents | ||
| Course syllabus | ||
| Time limits for courses | ||
| Drip content | ||
| Waitlists | ||
| Required video completion | ||
| Certificates of completion | ||
| Course prerequisites | ||
| SCORM | ||
| H5P | ||
| Ratings and reviews | ||
| Course archival | ||
| Seating charts | ||
| Compliance features | ||
| Option to reorder courses in the Home / Teaching and Home / Enrolled areas | ||
| Personalized sections | ||
| Course auto-play | ||
| Bulk lock / unlock of courses | ||
| Optional completion requirements for modules |
Course catalog
| Graphical tile and text views | ||
| Display courses, paths, bundles, subscriptions, and digital media | ||
| Integrated e-commerce | Add-on | |
| Support for nested categories and cross-listings | ||
| Alphabetical ordering or customize using drag and drop | ||
| Catalog search | ||
| Options for featured courses, category links, and custom content | ||
| Define items that will show in the course catalog using visibility filters | ||
| Calendar view of courses |
Content authoring
| Modern HTML editor | ||
| Image editor | ||
| Equation editor | ||
| Save/reuse/share HTML fragments directly from the editor | ||
| Spell check | ||
| Embed PDF, PPT, and other common formats into a web viewer | ||
| Record audio from browser | ||
| Record video from browser | ||
| Video transcoding | ||
| Embed web conferencing meeting links | ||
| Mini-html editor for phones | ||
| Slower / higher video playback speed | ||
| Closed captions for videos | ||
| Virus scanner for all uploads |
Micro learning
| Micro courses | ||
| Streamlined format for bite-sized learning |
Learning paths
| Create courses where you can add as goals other courses and certificates | ||
| Create paths that combine course and certificate goals with other kinds of sections such as content pages and assessments | ||
| Define the order that the items must be completed | ||
| Track progress towards the goal | ||
| Certificates of completion | ||
| Integrated with automation system | ||
| Path templates | ||
| Path archival | ||
| Personalize path goals | ||
| Sell learning paths through the course catalog |
Adaptive learning
| Personalize courses dynamically | ||
| Hide/show modules based on assessment scores and mastery | ||
| Seamlessly integrated with the automation system |
Skills development
| Add competencies as learning goals | Add-on | |
| Add jobs as learning goals | Add-on | |
| Allow learners to add their own learning goals | Add-on | |
| Automated actions when completing goals | Add-on | |
| Recommendations engine | Add-on | |
| Q&A forum | Add-on | |
| Goals widget on the dashboard | Add-on | |
| Goals section on the user profile page | Add-on | |
| Goal overview dashboard | Add-on |
Customization
| Customisable portal | ||
| Visual portal editor | ||
| Customizable welcome widgets for home and course dashboard | ||
| Use your own URL | ||
| Custom logo | ||
| Custom color scheme | ||
| Custom terminology | ||
| Branded mobile apps | Add-on | |
| Custom CSS | ||
| Use your own email server | ||
| Customizable body and heading fonts | ||
| Simple portal editor |
Automation
| Integrated rules engine with point and click interface | ||
| Set rules at the course, group, path, and site level | ||
| Execute one or more actions when a rule is triggered | ||
| Rich set of rule actions to choose from | ||
| Rule browser | ||
| Tagging automation | ||
| Automated messages to AWS message queues |
Gamification
| Badges gallery and badge builder | ||
| Custom game levels | ||
| Use automation to award points and badges | ||
| Customizable leaderboard | ||
| Course, path, and site-wide games | ||
| Group players into teams |
Quiz system
| Modern user interface including drag and drop | ||
| 8 types of question, including true/false, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks | ||
| Hotspot question type | ||
| Freeform questions that may be manually scored by instructors | ||
| Timed quizzes | ||
| Question banks | ||
| Multiple question banks per quiz | ||
| Multiple criteria for how questions should be selected from each bank | ||
| Select questions based on tags | ||
| Select questions based on competencies | ||
| Option to randomize question order | ||
| Option to provide scoring and feedback as you go, or all at once at the end | ||
| Option to review quiz responses before submitting | ||
| Option whether students see the correct answers at the end | ||
| Option to select latest score or best score | ||
| Analytics on quiz results | ||
| Import/export question banks using the QTI standard | ||
| Quiz autocomplete on retake |
Assessments and scoring
| Quizzes and surveys | ||
| Essay, Dropbox, and many other assignment types | ||
| Scoring grid | ||
| Embedding and annotation of learner submissions | ||
| Rubrics | ||
| Portfolios | ||
| Plagiarism detection using Turnitin and Unicheck | ||
| Personalized assessments | ||
| Printable attendance forms | ||
| Export attendance data | ||
| SCORM assessments | ||
| Custom LTI assessments | ||
| H5P assessments | ||
| Proctored assessments | ||
| Peer reviewed assessments | ||
| Grading scales per business, course, and assessment | ||
| Point grading scales | ||
| Option to display extra credit scores as points | ||
| Option to automatically give assessments on their start date | ||
| Extended Grading Scales |
Mastery and Competency-based learning
| Create or upload competencies | Add-on | |
| Associate competencies with a course | Add-on | |
| Tag modules and assessments with competencies | Add-on | |
| Track and view learner competency | Add-on | |
| Integrated with automation system | Add-on | |
| Coverage analysis | Add-on | |
| Associate competencies with rubrics | Add-on | |
| Associate competencies with individual quiz questions | Add-on |
Analytics and reporting
| Completion progress | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Analytics | ||
| Canned reports | ||
| Ad-hoc reporting | ||
| Integrate dashboard widgets with ad-hoc reports | ||
| Reports history | ||
| Saved and scheduled reports | ||
| Learner activity timelines | ||
| Compliance management |
Organizations and Teams
| Organizations | ||
| Per-organization portals | ||
| Teams | ||
| Support for job titles |
Collaboration and communication
| Graphical resources catalog | ||
| Groups | ||
| Social networking | ||
| Community groups | ||
| Activity feeds | ||
| Collaboration tools (chat, forums) | ||
| Collaboration tools (wikis, blogs) | ||
| Built-in messaging system with email integration, CC, BCC, and forwarding | ||
| Calendaring | ||
| Display of online users | ||
| Use with your favorite web conferencing product | ||
| Calendar integration with Web conferencing | ||
| Automatic translation of communications | ||
| Group catalog filters | ||
| Scheduled forum postings | ||
| Custom pop-up notifications | ||
| Add to-do items using automation |
E-commerce
| Shopping cart | Add-on | |
| Abandoned shopping cart recovery | Add-on | |
| Sell courses | Add-on | |
| Sell learning paths | Add-on | |
| Bundles | Add-on | |
| Subscriptions (requires Stripe gateway) | Add-on | |
| Digital media | Add-on | |
| Customizable PDF invoices | Add-on | |
| Coupons | Add-on | |
| Bulk purchases | Add-on | |
| PayPal basic and professional payment gateways | Add-on | |
| Stripe payment gateway | Add-on | |
| Authorize.net payment gateway | Add-on | |
| Flywire payment gateway | Add-on | |
| PagSeguro payment gateway | Add-on | |
| PayUbiz payment gateway | Add-on | |
| PayU Latam payment gateway | Add-on | |
| YooMoney payment gateway | Add-on | |
| Mercado Pago payment gateway | Add-on | |
| Telr payment gateway | Add-on | |
| Conekta payment gateway | Add-on | |
| PCI compliant | Add-on | |
| VAT support | Add-on | |
| Integrated with automation system | Add-on | |
| Option to lock payment gateway settings | Add-on | |
| Per-organization currencies | Add-on |
Marketing features
| SEO features | ||
| Social media integration | ||
| Affiliate programs | ||
| Mailchimp integration |
Administration
| App center | ||
| Super admin, administrator, instructor, and learner accounts | ||
| Mentor accounts and 4 other account types | ||
| Trash can | ||
| Bulk import/export | ||
| User popups | ||
| Communications monitoring | ||
| Login history | ||
| Custom account fields | ||
| Inactivity management | ||
| Policy documents (including terms and conditions, cookie policies) | ||
| Session timeouts | ||
| Prevent simultaneous logins | ||
| Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, LDAP, Auth0, and custom single sign-on | ||
| Networking of sites | ||
| Default user settings | ||
| User tagging | ||
| Resell under your own brand | Add-on |
Standards
| QTI question bank import/export | ||
| Common cartridge import/export | ||
| SCORM | ||
| H5P | ||
| iCal | ||
| LTI | ||
| LDAP | ||
| xAPI | ||
| SMTP/POP3 |
Integrations
| Integration with 1,500+ popular apps via Zapier | ||
| MS Teams web conferencing | ||
| Google Meet web conferencing | ||
| Webex web conferencing | ||
| GoToMeeting web conferencing | ||
| GoToTraining web conferencing | ||
| GoToWebinar web conferencing | ||
| Zoom web conferencing | ||
| Webhooks | ||
| Google Workspace | ||
| Google Drive | ||
| Google Assignments | ||
| Google Fonts | ||
| OneDrive and OneDrive for Business | ||
| MS Immersive Reader | ||
| OneNote LTI Integration | ||
| Turnitin | ||
| Unicheck | ||
| Safe Exam Browser | ||
| Microsoft 365 and custom single sign-on | ||
| Go1 | ||
| Udemy | ||
| LinkedIn Learning | ||
| H5P | ||
| SAML single sign-on | ||
| Auth0 single sign-on | ||
| Equella | ||
| CometChat | ||
| MathJax | ||
| Kaltura | ||
| Panopto | ||
| Mailchimp | ||
| Salesforce | ||
| Public LTI tools library |
Open API
| Create any number of individually customizable API keys | ||
| Admin user interface for managing API keys | ||
| Enable/disable API keys | ||
| Set expiration dates for API keys | ||
| Limit API key access to a specific set of IP addresses | ||
| Specify the set of methods that can be invoked for each API key | ||
| Open source clients |
Help
| Guides and how-to videos | ||
| Rapid-response technical support | ||
| Learner help desk | ||
| Auto translated online help |
Security
| All web pages and videos served over HTTPS | ||
| Encrypted personal passwords | ||
| Encrypted URLs to prevent unauthorized sharing | ||
| 2 factor authentication (Q1 2021) |
Storage
| Unlimited storage | ||
| Max individual file size | 2 GB | |
| Unlimited archiving of learners | ||
| Message retention | Forever | |
| Notification retention | 1 month | |
| Feed retention | 6 months | |
| Chat retention | 6 months | |
| AWS Content Delivery Network |
Backups
| Automated on-site and off-site data backups | ||
| Export account and assessment scores as CSV for backups | ||
| Export courses as Common Cartridge for backups |